1947-10-02 — Page 3

CROWN ATTACKED IN ALLEN CASE

"Crown Counsel is not God, and It's time be got

down to some work," protested Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones when Mr. F. F. W. Shaftain, Senior Superintendent of Police, told Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday in "the Allen Case" that Crown Counsel was "still go- ing over the files and could not say yet whether the case would be taken summarily or would be for committal.”

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·THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947.

What Happened In The Courts

Fitters Face Woman Faces Charge Of

Gold Smuggling Sabotage Charges

Mr. Hugh-Jones aben protruded said Mr. Shaftain, Crown Comp. against continuous refusal to set did not think he could like grant his client (Man Kuri-fats the case on Oct. 6, as originally bull. ant the suggestion of fixed, and mustsented á postpone.

ensement of four or five duye. Crown Counsel that the would be fried summarily if the Replying to Mr. Hugh-Jones* | Quarry. defonce was prepared to have jeritipians, Mr. Shattain deelayed. all the charges lumped into one, The Crown

JAP COLONEL HEARS STORY OF TORTURES

The trial of Colonel Kanazawa Asao, former Hong Kong Kempeitel Chief, accused of maltreating prisoners and civilians, continued yesterday after a three day recess. The Court had grant- ed the recess to enable a new defence counsel to prepare his case.

Four prosecution witnesses, out of forty od still to be heard, testified to atrocities and tortures which took place at Central Police Station while Kanazawa was lo charge,

LS. A. Curreem, who

mail

1 Fuk and Yuen Chung- A 50-year-old Chinese woman Mr. Conklin hing fitters employed at the appeared before

Quarry, at Central yesterday on Uck-Un Govertiment

before Mr. W.A. charge of Importing gold bars appeared

a permit from the Blafy-Kerr at Kowloon charged without with conspiring in render use- I. & E.

R. O. less certain machinery at thi

Redman requested remand until Oct. 24 and bail Divisional Superintendent C. of $350 was allowed Mr. Hin Mottram alleged that the ac- Shing to will appear for the

among the defewe.. vurd, who were

August-September. The gold bars are valued at strikers in

Tre-kwony $21,000 and defendant was ne approached Tang

into who was one of the workers cused of bringing them

time) and suggested the Colony on board the 8.9. at the ibat he put a certain solution "Wing fing." into the srasoline tank of a certain machine in order to T Police," averrat Mr.

low up the warking power. Shaftain, "have not wasted a

Htrik- angle day gine the arrest of thereby furthering the defrenalants."

The "sabotage" was foiled

he was arrested on May 3 with

interrogated twice and making

13 others, testified that he was

He was piyen to understand. Hongs difficult for the defoner, The car al arrived at the saut Mr. Hugh-Armes, that should he refuse, the case would go to | stage where the Police had com-

pleted their inveefigations, Seniors.

This, he pretextes, was fant Amont to putting on him the ons of how the charges would: be heard.

"Hindered"

The refusal 14 prant his client buit, he submitted, greatly handi- caps his preparaten of the l

The file was in the haths of the Law Offer.

Denial

11e Worship suggested that

fence in a case winch, invulsine iaring should commence at 10 to it. dut, 27 charges nud 50m. on Oct. 6 on the basis of witnesses, woold repaire con-committal proceslings and that Atant einstations with besulet the prosecution devite, at later stage, to take it som- eaubl be re-

client.

"I conti et prsihly be ex many, wazenagers pected to rise up to Be Remand) vatted for orney.examination. Prism every time I want to dis.l CHIMA with the Fourth, ale Jolant, declared Mr. High- James.

His Worshga podated out that)

that was what defending comment

HOT-PLATE

ers cause.

informed

thoughs on strike. Ialurmed ar II. Hall, the manager of the

Quarry,

beaten

when he refused to admit that he was a spy.

Married For 2 Cents

Shanghai, Da. 1 Probably the cheapest wedding inflation-ridden Clangor anywhere else was held in the Shantung provincial capital of Tainan, which called for a total expenditure of 1,000 Chinese dollars, or about tren and a half United States Fraki.

It was the service charge and registration fee paid by fea school teachers-Heuter.

Also arresteil on May 3, Harry Prith Paul, or 18 Mor rison Road, said that he war given the water torture, the air- plane torture and was beaten on four or five different occasions. GaanakHASOHAGERHAR

He spent 3 months in a cell Before Mr. J.G. Conklin nt Central yesterday. Mr. P.. on the ground floor of Victori Griffith on behalf of the mort-Prison. gagee, Kung Shin Shing, OP:

CLOSURE PLEA

Choi Lul Cheng sakt her

Newsman

plies for a closure order in husband was arrested on May Banned

capect of No. 13 Elgin Street, 3. and that when she went to

but informed the Court that, visit

Prison him at Victoria

at the present stage, he was after his arrest, his stomach and When the matter was re only aide to offer the evidence legs were swollen. ported to the Polleo. Drin

After his release, he told her of two witnesses, after which Apvetor C.Y. Sin made in.

he wou'd have to ask for an that he ha‍d been given the water quirica which led to the adjournment a order that ex-tortare, the airplane torture and pert evidence from the archi-had been beaten, As a result of these atrocities, he lied in tect, could be given.

January 1946, she and.

rest of the nectard.

Another man was involved but he esented and, the Police Two Phur-Wa. 43. hnd bis believe, had since left the meter versos ed in August by | Colony. the China Light & Power ( Di being charged, defen- far to payment of his nedanta said that they only sug- gested the iden but did not actually put it into excention.

Before the hearing was 24- Journed to tomorrow, Mr. Mar-

Count.

in a murder charge, where brett was allowed, land to do.

My Shaflain told the Court, there would be 27. ant pressibly nected

RADIO

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plaint

Mr. Caukli granted the ad Jourument and fixed 11.30a.m. on October 9 for further hear Ing.

ments Kuge.

The case was adjourned,

cor

Hamburg. Sept. 29. Robert Gary, „American respondent of the Jewish Telegraphie Agency, today wor informet personally by the ro glonal commissioner Schleswig that he is now banned from Jewish immigrant cumpa near Lubeck.

for

He was given no explanati rej and was told that the "subject is now considered to be closed." The matter has been referred to Gen. Inclus Clay and an ex- Plantion for the ban sought- United Press.

CHRISTMAS MAIL CLOSING TIME

UNIDENTIFIED Mr. Kung Shin Shing, mort-

Police have not yet identified gagce of the building, No. 33 Elgin Street, produced docu- the body of a Chinese, who was relating to the mort-found on Lai Chi Kok Bench on the morning of August 31, 1947. Cause of death was drowning. The body wan fully dressed in white singlet and vest, white, dannel shorts and, white cotton under-pants, green stockings und

General The Postmaster

an- while rubber shoes.

Inside each shoe the Chinesenounces that,

to unex- owing name Yuen Shu Lom is written.pected delay

the in shipping, In the pocket was a white hand- Christmas parcel mat for the kerchief also marked Yuen Shu United Kingdom will now clear Lam

on Friday, October 3, at 5 pm.. Friends or relatives of Yuen at the General Post Office nud Shu Lam ere requested to com- the Kowloon Post Office. municate with the police,

40, charges against defendants, Company's muin,

In view of the work involved, | Mi. Á. Y. Lee, of the China cus da Silva sucessfully ap. Asked what he thought of

Light, inspecting meters on plic for a reduction of the

the condition of the building, Sept. 30, found the connection bai from $6,000 to $2,000, half he repied that he was not in and entering the flat. found in cash, and half In surety, for

a position to give an opinion, both defendants. kof-pale used by Tso.

and said that the P.W.D. would Before Mr. W、A, Blair-Kerr

be the better authority. ZAW Hong Kong handewading

yesterday on a charge of far DANGEROUS GOODS Jie said that part of the an a frequency of 15 il eye from 12.33 280 p.m., and 6.30hy of electricity, Tso adimitted

Officer Divisional

R. HL. J. buikting had been shored up 10.62 the above fucte Ile WIN Lo 11.00 .31, and also an

of the Kowloon Fire by the Building Authority. Brook the employ of mezneyeles it the al metro band formerly

Notice had been scrved on com- was yesterday from 12.30 to 1.15, 7.38 to 8.30 and the Chlon Light but left about Brigade

in Ave summankes him by the P.W.D. and a letter

for had been received. to eight against

ilera storage of dangerous The building had been lei to

SHARE TRANSFERS four separate principal tenants, Foods,

It is believed that there in a Kai, of Cheung Hing but now the building had been

considerable number of share Street, sub let he could not say. Hong. 02 Shanghai ground floor. was fined $250′ by Mr. Hanson, of the Building transfer deeds in the hands of Mr. W.A. Bair-Kerr for stor- Ordinance Office, P.W.D., and the public which have been ex. but ecuted by the transfever, in ing kertene

recognized a document

have not yet been stumped in ac- court as a notice, he served on cortance with the provisions of thorised place.

previous the landlord but said he was the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, Defendant had a

whather warned not prepared to any иля conviction and only a few days before the the burding was dangerous or

not. summons was taken out.

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POLICE FACE MENACE CHARGE Three Chinese Police staldes appeared before Mr. WA. Blair-Kery at Kowloon yesterday charged with de 7,50 pm -1.01, Transergaian Seradea: manding with menaces the sum of 50 cents from Won Yam at

For storing 3.696 lbs. of; Tai tam Chung, Custle Peak, on Sept. 20, and were, at the sodium nitrate in 180 Hai Tanto ou October 9. request of Det-Sub-Inspector Street on Sept. 12, Chun C. Dowman,

for Cheung Wing of Wong Cheung Hag, 99 Wing Lok Street, was three days in custody.

Defendants were PCC 1652 fined $200.

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remanded

Hearing was ther adjourned

BURGLAR

and

Charged with burglary loreeny, LI Choi, 34, unem- Li Kam. 23. PCC 1684 Wong Wong Shang-chi of Wo Yue played, was sentenced by Mr. Po-sang, 25, and PCC

Bulding, Pedder

fifth F.X. 120* Co..

d'Almada at Centra floor, was fined $750 on three yesterday to six months' hard Cheung Kam, 28.

summonses respecting storage labour. of 6.156 lbs. of acids, 100 baya

REMAND

was

P.C. 1569 Cheung Por charged with demanding money with menaces on July 18 from Chow Pul, lorry driver, further remanded by Mr. P. X. d'A'mada at Central yesterday. da Silva is for

Mr. M.A.

the defence,

London Elects New

Lord Mayor

London, Sept. 30.

Det. Inspector Coles

sald

of potassium nitrate and 6,900 that at 5 am. on September 30 Jbs. of aluminium powder in defendant broke into the home SA Yee Kuk Street.

of Chan Cheung Loi.

CAR-LESS

Summoned for leaving his

As it seems likely that the rea. son for this omission, in many instances, is that the

Stamp Office was not functioning fully

when the deeds were signed, the Government has decided to allow them to be stamped without penalty, provided they are sub. mitter for stamping

not later than October 31, 1947.

H.K. AIRWAYS

To meet the commercial and other needs of the Colony it is

that the recognised

company should be controlled from Hong Kong, so the BOAC is inviting members of the Colony's com. mercial community to join the Board of Hong Kong Airways,

It is recognised that guldance by local interests is essential to the surrers of the new company, Plans for further developmont

"We can't have you blowing yourselves and other people up," said Ms Worship when imposing the maximum fine on ench ruinman, On the applea- car No. 2661 unattended in tion of R/O Brook, His Wor- Chuter Road from 11.05 a.m. include a service to Macao.

to 1225 p.m. on July 17, Mr. that

B.G. Birch, Hongkong Uni- will be co-ordinated with BOAC's veralty, was cautioned by Mr. Exean Hong Kong and the F.X. d'Almada yesterday,

ship also recommended defendant's licence for the storage of acids be cancelled.

FIVE RÁDIO DEALERS FINED

Five radio dealers were sum- nemned before Mr. W.A. "Blair- | Kerr at Kowloon yesterday by Mr. Dickinson for fulling to submit returns of their month- ly trauanctions.

R.G. Whitehend, 182A Nathan Road, first floor, Wong Man-foon of Amusement Radio] and Electrical Co., 608, Nathan Road, Chlú Kai of Tung Nam

All services from Hong Kong

twice-weekly trtink route by.

United Kingdom.

Stiffer Austrian Attitude

To Soviet Union

Vienna, Sept. 29.

Radto Co., 504 Shanghai Street. A stiffening of Austria's attitude towards Soviet

and Wong Moob-kong of the

Aldermen of the ancient Court of the City of Lon- don marched in their fur-trimmed crunson and black robes to the bomb-scarred Guildhall today and elected 63-year-old Sir Frederick Wells as Lord Mayor of London for 1948. Eir Friderick, well-known respective gates into the hall. nanufacturing chemish and long- Each carried a posy of scented | Prince Electric Co., 170 Prince time Alderman, will take over. In dowers and the way, ahpaul was November the massive gold chain strewn with sweet-smelling herbs of office and his duties as chief traditional. precaution administrative: officer of the the pingue."- "City"—the mile' square aten 19 Sir Frederick, who the heart of London embracing Sir Bracewell Smith as Lord the original site of the walled Mayor, city on the Thames.

Edward Road, failed to le returns for June and July. against Liu Yu-plu of the South Eastern Electric Co..341 Bucceeds Nathan Road, forgot to submit

an account for May and July:

Defendants were fined $80 his election and declared that "in each. As the Guidhnil clock struck spite of its scars this is silik the noon, 82 Alderinen representing City of London and it remains

The sugar cation for October centuries.old elly very even yet the centre of the Em has been fixed at 2 lbs. per companies,`. Alex ~ through “, their | play."--Associated Press.

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thanked the Court for

person.

Pity!

BEEN ANYONE

claims is seen by Anglo-American diplomatic circles here in a speech made by Dr. Karl Gruber, Austrian Foreign Minister, to the People's Party at Bornbirn,

ing...

GRUBER-2 Ls Kwong Fal import oll from the United States Austrin, said De Gruber, had while her own pil production away without no interest in such a treaty as was "trickling Soviet Russia was now propor- leaving any trace,"

Dr. Gruber drew a parallel He was quoted as saying that between the. West, "whence re- Russia had made an unbe-Hef to the value of hundreds of llevable, claim In her definition millions of dollars le rolling th of Gerntan assets to be 'dis-; i· Auniris grails and without tributed under the Austrian conditions," and the East, which treaty.

has been unable to food its own The Soviet Union, claimed, all populations and therefors was German, assets without any of unable to offer foodstuffs on their abilities, and also the reasonable conditions. products of those deadla

Continued, appools for closer! The Boylet theory would, In relation with the East" soomed prachler load in a. alluation int to point to a wish to push Aus- which the frontiers, between the tria, indo an eastern political 'ab "Austrian republic and belance, be",eald.''

Soviet Union would be undetect-, Austria, could make an al- "able, he "said?

lintén rimlilian with hur Eastinöf | the_West" but: if the Mare) -karoow's hig- aid plan Yok. Extropi

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